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US10128272B2 US14/421,279 US201414421279A US10128272B2 US 10128272 B2 US10128272 B2 US 10128272B2 US 201414421279 A US201414421279 A US 201414421279A US 10128272 B2 US10128272 B2 US 10128272B2
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  • Embodiments of the invention relate to a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device comprising the TFT array substrate.
  • TFT Thin Film Transistor
  • LCD panels have the advantages of low power consumption, low radiation and low fabrication cost and are widely used in various electronic devices such as display device, televisions, mobile phones and digital cameras.
  • LCD panels are passive light emitting devices and are classified into reflective LCDs, transmissive LCDs and transflective LCDs, based on different light sources.
  • Transflective LCD panels possess characteristics of both transmissive LCDs and reflective LCDs and have both a backlight and a reflective layer, which makes it possible to use light emitted by the backlight therein and the ambient light in operation.
  • Embodiments of the invention provide a TFT array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device.
  • a first aspect of the invention provides a TFT array substrate.
  • the TFT array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units comprises a common electrode, wherein the common electrode is comb-shaped, and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, wherein each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a display device comprising the above TFT array substrate.
  • a third aspect of the invention provides a method for fabricating a TFT array substrate, wherein the TFT array substrate comprises a comb-shaped electrode.
  • the method comprises: forming a pattern of the comb-shaped common electrode through a single patterning process, wherein the comb-shaped common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit.
  • FIG. 1A schematically illustrates a first arrangement pattern of a common electrode in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 1B schematically illustrates a second arrangement pattern of a common electrode in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 1C schematically illustrates a third arrangement pattern of a common electrode in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
  • FIGS. 2A ⁇ 2 G schematically illustrate individual steps of fabricating a TFT array substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 3A ⁇ 3 F schematically illustrate individual steps of fabricating a TFT array substrate in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
  • a patterning process for fabricating a pixel electrode is generally followed by another patterning process for fabricating a reflective layer on the pixel electrode, such that ambient light may be reflected to a liquid crystal layer.
  • the reflective layer has to be fabricated separately during the fabrication procedure of the transflective LCD panels, the fabrication process is made complicated and the fabrication difficulty is increased. Meanwhile, the fabrication cost is also increased as the number of masks is increased.
  • An embodiment of the invention provides a TFT array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel units, and each of the pixel units comprises a common electrode.
  • the common electrode is comb-shaped, and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, wherein the plurality of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and the plurality of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit.
  • the strip electrodes in the common electrode function as reflective regions of the TFT array substrate other than being an electrode in itself.
  • the slits in the common electrode function as the transmissive regions of the TFT array substrate, thereby achieving the transflective effect.
  • a material of the strip electrode is a metal with a resistivity equal to or less than 50 ⁇ /cm2 and has light-reflective property.
  • a material of the above strip electrodes is aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti) or other metal materials meeting the above requirements.
  • the common electrode may employ any of the following structures.
  • the plurality of strip electrodes are of a same width, such that luminous intensity reflected by each strip electrode (i.e., light reflective region) is homogenous.
  • the plurality of slits are of a same width, such that luminous intensity transmitted by each slit (i.e., light transmissive region) is homogenous.
  • the plurality of strip electrodes are of a same width and the plurality of slits are of a same width, such that the luminous intensity reflected by each strip electrode (i.e. light reflective region) is homogenous, and the luminous intensity transmitted by each slit (i.e. light transmissive region) is homogenous.
  • a ratio between a total area of the plurality of strip electrodes and that of the plurality of slits in each of the common electrode is 3:5, such that a better effect of reflection and transmission is achieved. Dark stripes might form in the pixel region if the ratio between the total areas is greater than 3:5. Meanwhile, the light transmitivity will be reduced, if the ratio is smaller than 3:5. In other embodiments, the total area of the plurality of strip electrodes and that of the plurality of slits is of other ratios.
  • the TFT array substrate further comprises a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of data signal lines disposed as intersecting each other, wherein each slit of each of the common electrodes is disposed according to the following arrangement pattern.
  • each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the gate signal lines in the TFT array substrate.
  • a common electrode of a pixel unit comprises a plurality of slits which are equally spaced apart from each other, and each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the gate signal lines.
  • each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the data signal lines in the TFT array substrate.
  • a common electrode of a pixel unit comprises a plurality of slits which are equally spaced apart from each other, and each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the data signal lines.
  • each of the slits is disposed obliquely as having an angle with the gate signal lines.
  • a common electrode of a pixel unit comprises a plurality of slits which are equally spaced apart from each other, and each of the slits is disposed obliquely as having an angle, of great than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees, with the gate signal lines.
  • the angle is 45 degrees as illustrated in FIG. 1C
  • FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C For the convenience of description, only one pixel unit is illustrated in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C . It can be contemplated that other pixel units may have identical pattern to it.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides a method for fabricating a TFT array substrate.
  • the method comprises:
  • FIGS. 2A ⁇ 2 G schematically illustrate cross sections taken along A-A of FIG. 1B .
  • the method for fabricating the TFT array substrate in accordance with the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
  • a gate electrode 2 is formed on a base substrate 1 , as illustrated in FIG. 2A ;
  • a metal layer (such as molybdenum Mo, aluminum Al, and so on) is deposited on the base substrate (such as a glass substrate) and a pattern of the gate electrode is formed through a first photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • a gate insulation layer 3 and an active layer 4 are subsequently formed on the base substrate having the gate electrode 2 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2B ;
  • a gate insulation (GI) film and an oxide semiconductor film are subsequently deposited on the base substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon, and a pattern of the active layer is formed through a second photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • GI gate insulation
  • IGZO Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide
  • the GI film may be a single layer film made of SiNx, SiOx, SiOxNy, or a compound layer made of at least two materials selected from SiNx, SiOx, and SiOxNy.
  • the active layer is made of amorphous silicon.
  • An etch stop layer 5 is formed on the base substrate having the active layer 4 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2C :
  • an etch stop layer film (such as SiO2 and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the active layer formed thereon, and a pattern of the etch stop layer is formed through a third photolithography and a dry etching process.
  • a source/drain electrode 6 is formed on the base substrate having the etch stop layer 5 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2D ;
  • a metal film (such as aluminum Al, titanium Ti and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the etch stop layer formed thereon, and the source/drain electrode is formed through a fourth photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • a pixel electrode 7 is formed on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode 6 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2E ;
  • a transparent conductive film such as Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) and the like
  • ITO Indium-Tin Oxide
  • PVX insulation protection
  • a PVX film (such as SiN, SiO2 and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the pixel electrode formed thereon, and a PVX via hole corresponding to a peripheral circuit is formed through a sixth photolithography and a dry etching process.
  • a common electrode 9 is formed on the base substrate having the PVX layer 8 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2G .
  • a metal, film with low resistivity and high reflectivity (such as aluminum, titanium or the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the PVX layer formed thereon, and a pattern of the common electrode having slits is formed through a seventh photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • the common electrode is made of a metal material.
  • the electrical conductivity of the metal is higher than that of ITO, the common electrode fabricated in the embodiment of the invention has a better charging performance and a short charging time.
  • the transflective TFT array substrate is fabricated through seven photolithograph processes, thereby omitting a separate step for fabricating the reflective layer.
  • the common electrode in the TFT array substrate is made of a metal material having better reflectivity and has slit configuration, the slits in the common electrode can transmit ambient light, which will not affect normal deflection of the liquid crystals. Meanwhile, the strip electrodes in the common electrode can reflect ambient light.
  • the common electrode made of the metal material has a relatively low resistance, which helps to enhance the charging capacity of the common electrode, shortening the charging time.
  • FIGS. 3A-3F schematically illustrate cross sections take along A-A of FIG. 1B .
  • a method for fabricating the TFT array substrate in accordance with the embodiment comprises the following steps:
  • a gate electrode 2 is formed on a base substrate 1 , as illustrated in FIG. 3A ;
  • a metal layer (such as molybdenum Mo, aluminum Al, and so on) is deposited on the base substrate (such as a glass substrate) and a pattern of the gate electrode is formed through a first photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • a gate insulation layer 3 , an active layer 4 and an etch stop layer 5 are formed on the base substrate having the gate electrode 2 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3B ;
  • a gate insulation (GI) film, an oxide semiconductor film and an etch stop film are subsequently deposited on the base substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon, and a pattern of an etch stop layer is formed through a second photolithography and a dry etching process. Thereafter, positive ions are implanted to transform the oxide semiconductor in the non-etch stop layer region to electrically conductive oxide so as to form the active layer.
  • GI gate insulation
  • oxide semiconductor film and an etch stop film are subsequently deposited on the base substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon, and a pattern of an etch stop layer is formed through a second photolithography and a dry etching process.
  • positive ions are implanted to transform the oxide semiconductor in the non-etch stop layer region to electrically conductive oxide so as to form the active layer.
  • the active layer is made of amorphous silicon.
  • a source/drain electrode 6 is formed on the base substrate having the etch stop layer 5 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3C .
  • a metal film (such as aluminum Al, titanium. Ti, and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the etch stop layer formed thereon, and the source/drain electrode is formed through a third photolithography and a wet etching process which subsequently etch off the metal layer and the oxide layer.
  • a pixel electrode 7 is formed on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode 6 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3D .
  • a transparent conductive film (such as an ITO film and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode formed thereon, and the pixel electrode is formed through a fourth photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • PVX insulation protection
  • a PVX layer film (such as SiN, SiO2 and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the pixel electrode formed thereon, and a PVX via hole corresponding to a peripheral circuit is formed through a fifth photolithography and a dry etching process.
  • a common electrode 9 is formed on the base substrate having the PVX layer 8 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3F .
  • a metal film with low resistivity and high reflectivity (such as aluminum, titanium or the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the PVX layer formed thereon, and a pattern of a common electrode having slits is formed through a sixth photolithography and a wet etching process.
  • the common electrode is made of a metal material.
  • the electrical conductivity of metals is higher than that of ITO, the common electrode fabricated according to the embodiment of the invention has a better charging performance and a short charging time.
  • the transflective TFT array substrate is fabricated through six photolithography processes, thereby omitting a separate step for fabricating the reflective layer.
  • the common electrode in the TFT array substrate is made of a metal material having better reflectivity and slit configuration, the slits in the common electrode can transmit ambient light, which will not affect normal deflection of the liquid crystals. Meanwhile, the strip electrodes in the common electrode can reflect ambient light.
  • the common electrode made of the metal material has a relatively low resistance, which helps to enhance the charging capacity of the common electrode, shortening the charging time.
  • An embodiment of the invention further provides a transflective LCD panel comprising a TFT array substrate in accordance with any of the aforementioned embodiments of the invention.
  • the common electrode in each of the pixel units of the TFT array substrate is comb-shaped, allowing the strip electrodes in the common electrode to reflect light incident on the strip electrodes and the slits in the common electrode to transmit light incident on the slits. Therefore, the strip electrodes in the common electrode of each of the TFT array substrate may function as the reflective region of the array substrate and reflect ambient light, and the slits in the common electrode may function as the transmissive region of the array substrate and transmit ambient light.
  • An embodiment of the invention further provides a display device comprising the above TFT array substrate.
  • the common electrode in each of the pixel units of the TFT array substrate is comb-shaped, allowing the strip electrodes in the common electrode to reflect light incident on the strip electrodes and the slits in the common electrode to transmit light incident on the slits. Therefore, the strip electrodes in the common electrode of each of the TFT array substrate may function as the reflective region of the array substrate and reflect ambient light, and the slits in the common electrode may function as the transmissive region of the array substrate and transmit ambient light.
  • the display device in accordance with the embodiment of the invention utilizes for example Advanced Super Dimension Switch (ADS) LCD technology or other LCD technologies.
  • ADS Advanced Super Dimension Switch
  • the display device may be a LCD panel, an E-paper, an OLED panel, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a television, a display device, a notebook PC, a digital photo-frame, a navigator and any product or component having a display function.

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Disclosed are a TFT array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device. The TFT array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units, each of the plurality of pixel units includes a common electrode (9). The common electrode (9), is comb-shaped, and includes a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits. Each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit. As the comb-shaped common electrode with both a reflective region and a transmissive region is formed through a single patterning process, the fabrication process is simplified and the fabrication cost and difficulty are reduced.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is the National Stage of PCT/CN2014/076403 filed on Apr. 28, 2014, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Chinese Application No. 201410008783.8 filed on Jan. 8, 2014, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE ART
Embodiments of the invention relate to a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device comprising the TFT array substrate.
BACKGROUND
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels have the advantages of low power consumption, low radiation and low fabrication cost and are widely used in various electronic devices such as display device, televisions, mobile phones and digital cameras. LCD panels are passive light emitting devices and are classified into reflective LCDs, transmissive LCDs and transflective LCDs, based on different light sources.
Transflective LCD panels possess characteristics of both transmissive LCDs and reflective LCDs and have both a backlight and a reflective layer, which makes it possible to use light emitted by the backlight therein and the ambient light in operation.
SUMMARY
Embodiments of the invention provide a TFT array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display device.
A first aspect of the invention provides a TFT array substrate. The TFT array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units comprises a common electrode, wherein the common electrode is comb-shaped, and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, wherein each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit.
A second aspect of the invention provides a display device comprising the above TFT array substrate.
A third aspect of the invention provides a method for fabricating a TFT array substrate, wherein the TFT array substrate comprises a comb-shaped electrode. The method comprises: forming a pattern of the comb-shaped common electrode through a single patterning process, wherein the comb-shaped common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit.
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In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodiments of the invention, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly described in the following; it is obvious that the described drawings are only related to some embodiments of the invention and thus are not limitative of the invention.
FIG. 1A schematically illustrates a first arrangement pattern of a common electrode in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 1B schematically illustrates a second arrangement pattern of a common electrode in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 1C schematically illustrates a third arrangement pattern of a common electrode in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
FIGS. 2A˜2G schematically illustrate individual steps of fabricating a TFT array substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and
FIGS. 3A˜3F schematically illustrate individual steps of fabricating a TFT array substrate in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
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In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of the embodiments of the invention apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiment will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the invention. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the invention.
According to conventional methods for fabricating a transflective LCD panel, a patterning process for fabricating a pixel electrode is generally followed by another patterning process for fabricating a reflective layer on the pixel electrode, such that ambient light may be reflected to a liquid crystal layer. As the reflective layer has to be fabricated separately during the fabrication procedure of the transflective LCD panels, the fabrication process is made complicated and the fabrication difficulty is increased. Meanwhile, the fabrication cost is also increased as the number of masks is increased.
An embodiment of the invention provides a TFT array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel units, and each of the pixel units comprises a common electrode. The common electrode is comb-shaped, and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, wherein the plurality of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and the plurality of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit.
In this embodiment, the strip electrodes in the common electrode function as reflective regions of the TFT array substrate other than being an electrode in itself. Moreover, the slits in the common electrode function as the transmissive regions of the TFT array substrate, thereby achieving the transflective effect. The fabrication process is simplified and the fabrication complexity and cost are reduced, as the common electrode with both the reflective and transmissive regions is fabricated through a single patterning process.
In some embodiments, a material of the strip electrode is a metal with a resistivity equal to or less than 50 Ω/cm2 and has light-reflective property.
Normal deflection of liquid crystals in the liquid crystal layer is not affected, as the slits in the common electrode can transmit light incident thereon. Moreover, charging capacity of the common electrode is enhanced and charging time is reduced, as the strip electrodes are made of a metal with a low resistivity.
In some embodiments, a material of the above strip electrodes is aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti) or other metal materials meeting the above requirements.
To generate homogeneous electric fields between the common electrode and the pixel electrode and to prevent uneven brightness of the same sub-pixel caused by different liquid crystal deflection, in some embodiments, the common electrode may employ any of the following structures.
In a first structure, the plurality of strip electrodes are of a same width, such that luminous intensity reflected by each strip electrode (i.e., light reflective region) is homogenous.
In a second structure, the plurality of slits are of a same width, such that luminous intensity transmitted by each slit (i.e., light transmissive region) is homogenous.
In a third structure, the plurality of strip electrodes are of a same width and the plurality of slits are of a same width, such that the luminous intensity reflected by each strip electrode (i.e. light reflective region) is homogenous, and the luminous intensity transmitted by each slit (i.e. light transmissive region) is homogenous.
In some embodiments, a ratio between a total area of the plurality of strip electrodes and that of the plurality of slits in each of the common electrode is 3:5, such that a better effect of reflection and transmission is achieved. Dark stripes might form in the pixel region if the ratio between the total areas is greater than 3:5. Meanwhile, the light transmitivity will be reduced, if the ratio is smaller than 3:5. In other embodiments, the total area of the plurality of strip electrodes and that of the plurality of slits is of other ratios.
In some embodiments, the TFT array substrate further comprises a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of data signal lines disposed as intersecting each other, wherein each slit of each of the common electrodes is disposed according to the following arrangement pattern.
In a first arrangement pattern, each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the gate signal lines in the TFT array substrate.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1A, a common electrode of a pixel unit comprises a plurality of slits which are equally spaced apart from each other, and each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the gate signal lines.
In a second arrangement pattern, each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the data signal lines in the TFT array substrate.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1B, a common electrode of a pixel unit comprises a plurality of slits which are equally spaced apart from each other, and each of the slits is disposed as parallel to the data signal lines.
In a third arrangement pattern, each of the slits is disposed obliquely as having an angle with the gate signal lines.
As an example, a common electrode of a pixel unit comprises a plurality of slits which are equally spaced apart from each other, and each of the slits is disposed obliquely as having an angle, of great than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees, with the gate signal lines. As an example, the angle is 45 degrees as illustrated in FIG. 1C
For the convenience of description, only one pixel unit is illustrated in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C. It can be contemplated that other pixel units may have identical pattern to it.
Another embodiment of the invention provides a method for fabricating a TFT array substrate. The method comprises:
forming a pattern of a common electrode having a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits through a single patterning process, wherein the plurality of the strip electrode reflects light incident thereon, and the plurality of the slits transmits light incident thereon.
Example 1
In the following, a method for fabricating a TFT array substrate provided by the embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to an example of a TFT array substrate an illustrated in FIG. 1B. FIGS. 2A˜2G schematically illustrate cross sections taken along A-A of FIG. 1B. With reference to FIGS. 2A˜2C; the method for fabricating the TFT array substrate in accordance with the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
(1) A gate electrode 2 is formed on a base substrate 1, as illustrated in FIG. 2A;
As an example, a metal layer (such as molybdenum Mo, aluminum Al, and so on) is deposited on the base substrate (such as a glass substrate) and a pattern of the gate electrode is formed through a first photolithography and a wet etching process.
(2) A gate insulation layer 3 and an active layer 4 are subsequently formed on the base substrate having the gate electrode 2 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2B;
As an example, a gate insulation (GI) film and an oxide semiconductor film (such as Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) and the like) are subsequently deposited on the base substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon, and a pattern of the active layer is formed through a second photolithography and a wet etching process.
The GI film may be a single layer film made of SiNx, SiOx, SiOxNy, or a compound layer made of at least two materials selected from SiNx, SiOx, and SiOxNy.
In another embodiment, the active layer is made of amorphous silicon.
(3) An etch stop layer 5 is formed on the base substrate having the active layer 4 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2C:
As an example, an etch stop layer film (such as SiO2 and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the active layer formed thereon, and a pattern of the etch stop layer is formed through a third photolithography and a dry etching process.
(4) A source/drain electrode 6 is formed on the base substrate having the etch stop layer 5 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2D;
As an example, a metal film (such as aluminum Al, titanium Ti and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the etch stop layer formed thereon, and the source/drain electrode is formed through a fourth photolithography and a wet etching process.
(5) A pixel electrode 7 is formed on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode 6 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2E;
As an example, a transparent conductive film (such as Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode formed thereon, and the pixel electrode is formed through a fifth photolithography and a wet etching process.
(6) An insulation protection (PVX) layer 8 is formed on the base substrate having the pixel electrode 7 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2F.
As an example, a PVX film (such as SiN, SiO2 and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the pixel electrode formed thereon, and a PVX via hole corresponding to a peripheral circuit is formed through a sixth photolithography and a dry etching process.
(7) A common electrode 9 is formed on the base substrate having the PVX layer 8 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 2G.
As an example, a metal, film with low resistivity and high reflectivity (such as aluminum, titanium or the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the PVX layer formed thereon, and a pattern of the common electrode having slits is formed through a seventh photolithography and a wet etching process.
In at least one embodiment of the invention, the common electrode is made of a metal material. As the electrical conductivity of the metal is higher than that of ITO, the common electrode fabricated in the embodiment of the invention has a better charging performance and a short charging time.
In at least one embodiment of the invention, the transflective TFT array substrate is fabricated through seven photolithograph processes, thereby omitting a separate step for fabricating the reflective layer. As the common electrode in the TFT array substrate is made of a metal material having better reflectivity and has slit configuration, the slits in the common electrode can transmit ambient light, which will not affect normal deflection of the liquid crystals. Meanwhile, the strip electrodes in the common electrode can reflect ambient light. Moreover, the common electrode made of the metal material has a relatively low resistance, which helps to enhance the charging capacity of the common electrode, shortening the charging time.
Example 2
FIGS. 3A-3F schematically illustrate cross sections take along A-A of FIG. 1B. With reference to FIGS. 3A-3F, a method for fabricating the TFT array substrate in accordance with the embodiment comprises the following steps:
(1) A gate electrode 2 is formed on a base substrate 1, as illustrated in FIG. 3A;
As an example, a metal layer (such as molybdenum Mo, aluminum Al, and so on) is deposited on the base substrate (such as a glass substrate) and a pattern of the gate electrode is formed through a first photolithography and a wet etching process.
(2) A gate insulation layer 3, an active layer 4 and an etch stop layer 5 are formed on the base substrate having the gate electrode 2 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3B;
As an example, a gate insulation (GI) film, an oxide semiconductor film and an etch stop film are subsequently deposited on the base substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon, and a pattern of an etch stop layer is formed through a second photolithography and a dry etching process. Thereafter, positive ions are implanted to transform the oxide semiconductor in the non-etch stop layer region to electrically conductive oxide so as to form the active layer.
In some embodiments, the active layer is made of amorphous silicon.
(3) A source/drain electrode 6 is formed on the base substrate having the etch stop layer 5 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3C.
As an example, a metal film (such as aluminum Al, titanium. Ti, and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the etch stop layer formed thereon, and the source/drain electrode is formed through a third photolithography and a wet etching process which subsequently etch off the metal layer and the oxide layer.
(4) A pixel electrode 7 is formed on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode 6 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3D.
As an example, a transparent conductive film (such as an ITO film and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode formed thereon, and the pixel electrode is formed through a fourth photolithography and a wet etching process.
(5) An insulation protection (PVX) layer 8 is formed on the base substrate having the pixel electrode 7 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3E.
As an example, a PVX layer film (such as SiN, SiO2 and the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the pixel electrode formed thereon, and a PVX via hole corresponding to a peripheral circuit is formed through a fifth photolithography and a dry etching process.
(6) A common electrode 9 is formed on the base substrate having the PVX layer 8 formed thereon, as illustrated in FIG. 3F.
As an example, a metal film with low resistivity and high reflectivity (such as aluminum, titanium or the like) is deposited on the base substrate having the PVX layer formed thereon, and a pattern of a common electrode having slits is formed through a sixth photolithography and a wet etching process.
In at least one embodiment of the invention, the common electrode is made of a metal material. As the electrical conductivity of metals is higher than that of ITO, the common electrode fabricated according to the embodiment of the invention has a better charging performance and a short charging time.
In at least one embodiment of the invention, the transflective TFT array substrate is fabricated through six photolithography processes, thereby omitting a separate step for fabricating the reflective layer. As the common electrode in the TFT array substrate is made of a metal material having better reflectivity and slit configuration, the slits in the common electrode can transmit ambient light, which will not affect normal deflection of the liquid crystals. Meanwhile, the strip electrodes in the common electrode can reflect ambient light. Moreover, the common electrode made of the metal material has a relatively low resistance, which helps to enhance the charging capacity of the common electrode, shortening the charging time.
An embodiment of the invention further provides a transflective LCD panel comprising a TFT array substrate in accordance with any of the aforementioned embodiments of the invention.
In the transflective LCD panel of the embodiment of the invention, the common electrode in each of the pixel units of the TFT array substrate is comb-shaped, allowing the strip electrodes in the common electrode to reflect light incident on the strip electrodes and the slits in the common electrode to transmit light incident on the slits. Therefore, the strip electrodes in the common electrode of each of the TFT array substrate may function as the reflective region of the array substrate and reflect ambient light, and the slits in the common electrode may function as the transmissive region of the array substrate and transmit ambient light.
An embodiment of the invention further provides a display device comprising the above TFT array substrate.
In the display device in accordance with the embodiment of the invention, the common electrode in each of the pixel units of the TFT array substrate is comb-shaped, allowing the strip electrodes in the common electrode to reflect light incident on the strip electrodes and the slits in the common electrode to transmit light incident on the slits. Therefore, the strip electrodes in the common electrode of each of the TFT array substrate may function as the reflective region of the array substrate and reflect ambient light, and the slits in the common electrode may function as the transmissive region of the array substrate and transmit ambient light.
The display device in accordance with the embodiment of the invention utilizes for example Advanced Super Dimension Switch (ADS) LCD technology or other LCD technologies.
The display device provided by the embodiment of the invention may be a LCD panel, an E-paper, an OLED panel, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a television, a display device, a notebook PC, a digital photo-frame, a navigator and any product or component having a display function.
This application claims the priority of Chinese Application No. 201410008783.8, filed on Jan. 8, 2014 and which application is incorporated herein by reference.
What are described above is related to the illustrative embodiments of the disclosure only and not limitative to the scope of the disclosure; the scopes of the disclosure are defined by the accompanying claims.

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1. A TFT array substrate, comprising: a plurality of pixel units, each of the plurality of pixel units comprising a common electrode, wherein the common electrode is comb-shaped, and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, wherein each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit, and all of the plurality of strip electrodes and the plurality of slits are extended in one and the same direction in each pixel unit;
wherein the TFT array substrate further comprises a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of data signal lines disposed as intersecting each other, the slits are disposed obliquely as having an angle with the gate signal lines, and the angle is greater than 0 and smaller than 90 degrees.
2. The TFT array substrate of claim 1, wherein a material of the strip electrodes is a metal with a resistivity equal to or less than 50 Ω/cm2 and has reflective property.
3. The TFT array substrate of claim 2, wherein the material of the strip electrodes is aluminum or titanium.
4. The TFT array substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of strip electrodes are of a same width.
5. The TFT array substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of slits are of a same width.
6. The TFT array substrate of claim 1, wherein a ratio between a total area of the plurality of strip electrodes and that of the plurality of slits is 3:5.
7. A display device, comprising the TFT array substrate of claim 1.
8. A method for fabricating a TFT array substrate, wherein the TFT array substrate comprises a comb-shaped common electrode, the method comprising:
forming a pattern of the comb-shaped common electrode through a single patterning process, wherein the comb-shaped common electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes and a plurality of slits, each of the strip electrodes is configured for reflecting light incident on the strip electrode, and each of the slits is configured for transmitting light incident on the slit;
wherein all of the plurality of strip electrodes and the plurality of slits are extended in one and the same direction in each pixel unit;
the method further comprising forming a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of data signal lines disposed as intersecting each other, wherein the slits are disposed obliquely as having an angle with the gate signal lines, and the angle is greater than 0 and smaller than 90 degrees.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
providing a base substrate;
forming a gate electrode on the base substrate;
forming a gate insulation layer, an active layer and an etch stop layer on the base substrate having the gate electrode formed thereon;
forming a source/drain electrode on the base substrate having the etch stop layer formed thereon;
forming a pixel electrode on the base substrate having the source/drain electrode formed thereon; and
forming an insulation protection layer on the base substrate having the pixel electrode formed there on;
wherein the common electrode is formed on the insulation protection layer.
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